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<b>At the end of this summer I released my third book, Sunrise Station, and it would really mean a lot to me for you all to read it! Also there's a $20 giveaway going on, so who wouldn't want that?</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sunrise Station</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7151831.E_S_P_">E.S.P.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Release Date: August 21st 2017</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mind Candy Media</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta;">Three books. Three women. One incredible ride.<br />1. Playmate: There’s a first time for everything, and Angel has experienced a lot of firsts. Her first time sneaking out the house. Her first time being kicked out the house. Her first time living on her own. When Angel cheats on her boyfriend with a friend of his, it might be the very first time Angel is completely out of control of her own life. Raw, raunchy, and fragile, Playmate is the story of what happens when you play with fire and fire plays back.<br />Disclaimer: contains strong language and mature content<br /><br />2. The Sleeper: Ray has worked in the publishing industry for years. She’s worked on hundreds of manuscripts and knows each and every way a story could end. So when her coworker informs her about a serial killer terrorizing their state, Ray thinks its just another work of fiction. Until they find themselves trapped, abducted and lost in a story with a million twists and the most unpredictable ending of all.<br />Disclaimer: contains graphic content<br /><br />3. Sunrise Station: Abigail isn’t unique, eccentric or interesting. She isn’t popular or well known by any means. And that’s okay. Jace is everything Abigail’s not, and that excites her. That captivates her. And when Abigail crosses the line between obsession and self control, she takes a high-school crush to a point she might not be able to turn back from. </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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The clock on the wall reads 3:15. Perfect timing.</div>
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And this is where it gets weird.</div>
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I pack up quickly and speed walk to my car, out of the parking lot by 3:17, and the radio comes crackling to life.</div>
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“Next on Sunshine Station, we have a caller by the name of Grace Whitney. Grace, what’s your favorite summer jam?”</div>
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Jace is at the end of the line. His face always looks serious at practice. His baseball pants fit him well, highlighting his muscular legs and round derriere. I only have eyes for him.</div>
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Sadly, this isn’t the weird part.</div>
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I wait until the team is completely out on the track to leave my car. Thankfully the track is behind the school and my car can’t be seen from that area. The lot is empty—exactly how I need it.</div>
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No one ever bothers to lock the side door, which makes it easy to access the boy’s locker room. The lights are off and it reeks of sweat. I pause and listen to the silence, making sure it’s completely empty.</div>
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Once it becomes clear that no one else is in here, I can feel a physical weight dispel off my body. I feel like my guts have been twisted all day, and now there is relief. I am calm. I am home.</div>
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I only turn on one of the lights. It’s like a runway strip to Jace’s locker. I can see his backpack, overstuffed and slumped on the floor. A pot of gold.</div>
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My hands shake as I unzip the top and pull out his blue varsity jacket. My senses become full with the smell of him. It feels amazingly warm on me, and comforting, like I’m wrapped up in his arms. This is what it would feel like if I were wrapped in his arms. I wish I never had to leave, wish I could be encased in his false embrace forever.</div>
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Jace is chronically unorganized. His binder bulges with loose leaf paper and graded tests and random flyers. I thumb through it quickly. A 73 on his calc test—ouch. My baby is not good at math.</div>
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He has the pages folded down hard in The Catcher in the Rye. I hate how he doesn’t use bookmarks. He’s not even far in the book; Holden hasn’t even left Pencey yet. I would love to tutor him.</div>
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I love Jace’s handwriting. It’s not at all like you’d imagine it. It’s small and scrawled, like a hasty message on the wall of a bathroom. His handwriting is casual, but he’s larger than life.</div>
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The three forty-five alarm on my phone goes off. The football team will be arriving soon. It’s time to go.</div>
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My eyes well up as I pull off the jacket. The fantasy is over and I am back to not living. The lights are too bright. I feel cold.</div>
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Hey readers! I've obviously been less active on this blog, mainly because I've been taking final exams and working on some secret projects (shhh…) that I will reveal to you all soon. Last time I was on here I did reveal my most recent publication, a compilation of poetry and literary works called Soft Eyes and Troubled Minds that I wrote with one of my best friends. And trust me, publishing a book while still in school is NOT easy.</div>
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I think its important to mention that I self published this book at sixteen all by myself. Each poem I poured my heart into. It would really mean a lot to me if you guys could support me by sharing this book with others, giving me feedback, and purchasing copies for friends and family. It has a really strong message and I want everyone to hear it.</div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Those poor, poor single days </span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Filled with mixed emotions and desperate haze </span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Delusional desire, obsession and fawning </span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Her desperation to love was met with passionless hugs </span></div>
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Sexy? Handsome? Trouble? Check, check, and check.</div>
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Is he messing up my life? Hell yes.</div>
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Even his name is a lie. Too bad I married him. I can't wait to get divorced. Does this make me sound crazy?</div>
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I know I should avoid him, run as fast as I can. However, when a harmless misunderstanding lands me in a foreign prison cell, my dear, lying husband is the only one who can get me out. Crap. I shouldn't accept.</div>
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<b>HIDDEN HEAT</b></div>
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Brothers of Mayhem #1</div>
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Carla Swafford</div>
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Cassidy Ryder refuses to be intimidated by anyone, even the hell-raising, hard-drinking</div>
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Brothers of Mayhem. The daughter of their former president, she’s not above</div>
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from the Brothers’ bartender. He’s commanding and strong, and as smooth as the</div>
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whiskey he pours: the ultimate temptation for a girl who swore she’d never be a</div>
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biker’s plaything. But Thorn Savalas is no ordinary biker. He’s a cop, and he’s worked too hard</div>
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earning the Brothers’ trust to blow his cover over a female—even one who rocks</div>
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a pair of jeans like Cassidy. The only way to protect her is by claiming she’s</div>
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his old lady. Trouble is, Thorn can’t just pretend. He wants Cassidy, and every</div>
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scorching touch tells him she feels the same. But acting on their hottest</div>
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fantasies could leave them both exposed . . . even if nothing else has ever</div>
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<span style="color: red;">The Brothers of Mayhem Motorcycle Club never took kindly to threats. She didn’t care. Violence was the only way they would respect her, and she was prepared to do more, if that’s what it took to bring her little brother back home. Storm had never stayed gone this long.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">“Put the bat down before you get hurt.” The bartender’s soft command sounded so reasonable.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Screw reasonable. She’d been fair and understanding for the last three days while she searched for Storm. Her patience had disappeared with the only member of her family worth a damn. No way would she fail him again.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Brawny arms wrapped around her chest and squeezed. She gasped for breath as someone hauled her against his chest and off her feet. The bartender grabbed the bat from her loosened grip and threw it to the side. It hit the floor with a loud clanking.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">“Little girl, we don’t know where your brother’s at. We didn’t lie about that.” The deep voice of the club’s VP, Mac McGee, came from above her head as he squeezed again in warning. “Maybe I need to teach you some fucking manners.”</span></div>
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I’m a yes girl. Get your mind out of the gutter; I’m not talking about sex. I’m talking about saying yes to whatever comes my way in life. So when I had the chance to move to Europe after college, I said, yes. When I had the chance to open my own lingerie line, I said, yes. And when my stepsister got diagnosed with cancer and needed me to come home and help her raise her daughter, I said, yes. That’s me, Kenzie — the yes girl! In every area of my life but one —Love. Always the first to leave a relationship. Will I be able to say yes to love — to Kane — to being happy? Or will I simply come undone and be stripped raw?</div>
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Don’t let Kenzie fool you! She’s a master at hiding behind a laugh and a smile. Being an attorney, I prefer the facts. This story isn’t as light and happy as my yes girl would have you believe. No laugh can sugar coat what we are facing: I’ve lost everything. I know what it’s like to be left raw. But sometimes that’s the only way to find love. To strip yourself down, let the other person see all your shit, and hope they love you anyway.</div>
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Should I tell her I took the virginity of the girl next door? Probably not. “I think you’re more than that,” I say, taking a step closer to her. That wasn’t a line. I really mean it. I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t think so. </div>
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I inch even closer, but she looks confused — a little like she wants me to kiss her, a little like she wants me to screw her, but mostly like she doesn’t want me to do anything more. I can’t blame her; we only met a few hours ago. Deacon is wrong about the one night stand thing. This woman isn’t looking for a hookup. I’m not, either. One night with her wouldn’t be enough. So I take a step back, my fists clenched at my sides to redirect my energy.</div>
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“That was my first catalog,” Kenzie says. “I plan on doing two a year.” She reaches for a sketchbook on her work table. “This is what I’m working on for the next line. I’ll be photographing them pretty soon. The line is inspired by men’s clothing, so pinstripes and. . . .” </div>
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She keeps talking about the different fabrics, colors, and textures she plans to use. I have no idea what she is saying, but marvel over what I’m seeing — corsets and bustiers, vests with garter belts, bras, and G-strings. I love that these ideas, these fantasies, came out of her mind. She is so much more than she thinks, so much more than the girl next door.</div>
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Kenzie flips to another sketch, this one of a navy bra and panty set with stockings and heels. That will look perfect on her — especially bent over my office desk. My cock throbbing, I take a deep breath and try to focus on what Kenzie is saying. My eyes search the catalog pages for anything to distract me. “What’s this?”</div>
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Its February and whether you're single or not, its still the season of love! Loving our loved ones, loving our lives and loving ourselves! To all my single serial readers out there, keep in mind that you don't need to be in a relationship to celebrate this holiday. This Valentine's Day, take some time to love yourself! See a movie, buy yourself a pizza, dress up and go out! <a href="http://www.hercampus.com/love/single-girl-s-ultimate-guide-valentine-s-day">Here's the ultimate guide for a single girl's Valentine's Day.</a></div>
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<b>Series: </b>City of Legends<br />
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Maci Knight has grown up in the shadow of legends. Her father and her brother, Max, are Heroes, worshipped by humans and Supers alike for their strength and valor. All she’s ever wanted is to follow in their footsteps, to fight villains and protect humankind. But Maci has a secret—one that could change everything.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Excerpt: </b>Crimson throws an arm over my shoulder, the scent of her cherry lip-gloss briefly overriding the stench of fish tanks. “So, Maci Knight . . . think you have what it takes to pass your Hero exam?”<br /><br />I know she’s not talking about the hours of training I’ve endured over the last decade and this last week of performing skill tests for the examiners to prove I’m ready. Crimson’s question goes deeper than that. She’s talking about the core of being a Hero. Placing my life on the line to save people I don’t even know. Throwing away the idea of a normal life, all to uphold an oath of protecting those who can’t protect themselves.<br /><br />The Hero Brigade is the most elite group on the planet. I meet her gaze and the corner of my mouth twists into a grin. “Hell yes.”</span><br />
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After the most vicious villain attack in centuries, Maci Knight is struggling to put the shattered pieces of her life back together. She survived, but barely, and her family will never be the same. The only good thing to come out of the attack is that the Elders have granted her probationary Hero status. Now she’s desperate to prove that she has what it takes to shine in the field.<br />
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Eighteen years ago, Maci Knight’s family was destroyed when Aurora Falcon killed her mother. Now Aurora’s partner, Felix, has kidnapped Maci’s brother. For five long months, there’s been no sign of Max. His Codex is offline and she can’t feel even the slightest trace of his power. Maci refuses to give up hope, but when a new threat on King City emerges, Maci is ordered to abandon her search.<br />
Somehow Felix has managed to do the unthinkable: repower all the villains that Central has depowered over the years. Now they’ve banded together to get revenge on the Supers who wronged them. What feels like an arduous mission becomes an opportunity when Maci realizes that if she can stop the villains, she can get them to lead her to Felix—and her brother.<br />
In the action-packed conclusion of the City of Legends trilogy, Maci vows to save her city and bring her family back together—no matter the cost.<br />
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Cheyanne Young is a native Texan with a fear of cold weather and a coffee addiction that probably needs an intervention. She loves books, sarcasm, and collecting nail polish. After nearly a decade of working in engineering, Cheyanne now writes books for young adults and is the author of the City of Legends Trilogy. She doesn’t miss a cubicle one bit.Cheyanne lives near the beach with her daughter and husband, one spoiled rotten puppy, and a cat that is most likely plotting to take over the world.<br />
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The bright, mid-afternoon sun pours through the open window as the soft, summer breeze makes the trees outside sway together in a gentle dance. Abbey Miller turns her face towards the sunlight and closes her eyes, feeling the warmth on her skin. As the birds sing and the leaves rustle softly in the wind, she allows her thoughts to slowly drift away from her.</div>
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Abbey shifts uncomfortably in the large leather armchair. How can she be blamed for not wanting to ‘communicate’ when she is so aware of Dr Morris assessing her every movement, enthusiastically scribbling down more notes because she rubbed her head or cleared her throat. It’s not that Abbey doesn’t trust her. She is clearly good at her job. The many certificates of achievement and qualifications that are framed and mounted neatly on the wall speak for themselves. She is patient and understanding, as all therapists ought to be. She just doesn’t get the point in being here. What difference is it really going to make? Everything that has happened to Abbey in the past 18 months can’t be changed or altered in any way. She can’t take back all the bad decisions she has made. No, there is no point. In Abbey’s opinion, no amount of ‘communication’ is going to make the slightest bit of difference what so ever. </div>
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As the sun sets over the beautifully landscaped gardens outside, Abbey sits in her room, staring in frustration at the computer in front of her. It is dark – the only light coming from a small desk lamp that is balanced precariously on a pile of books and CD’s. She watches the cursor flashing at the top of the screen, her mind completely blank. Why on earth did she agree to this? How is she supposed to put her tragic, dysfunctional life into words? She exhales the smoke from her cigarette and twists it into the ash tray, running her hands through her long auburn hair. She looks older than her years. Only 19, yet her pale green eyes reflect the maturity of someone much older, someone who has been through more than the average teenager. Someone, in fact, that has been through more than the average person ever will. Eventually, she reaches for the keyboard, hesitating for a moment before she begins to type…</div>
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Are you where you expected to be? Or do you often find yourself wondering ‘how the hell did I end up here?’</div>
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Fay Louise Darbyshire is a twenty eight year old, first time writer from West Yorkshire. Born and raised in Leeds, Fay finished High School at the age of sixteen and went on to enrol at Leeds College of Art and Design where she studied Media, Film and English. After graduating into the world of full time employment, her passion for writing remained and she spent several years developing film scripts and screen plays in her spare time, until finally deciding to adapt one of her stories into a book in late 2013. Her debut novel ‘Even Angels Fall’ was released at the end of 2014.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">THE URBAN BOYS</span><strong>Author:</strong> K.N. Smith<br /><strong>Pages:</strong> 292 <strong>Release Date:</strong> September 29<sup>th</sup>, 2015<br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> Two Petals Publishing<br /><strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Urban-Boys-Discovery-Five-Senses/dp/0989474755/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8" target="_blank">AMAZON</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-urban-boys-kn-smith/1122739135?ean=2940152385861" target="_blank">B&N</a> | <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/urban-boys-discovery-five/id1045819157?mt=11" target="_blank">ITUNES</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26850355-the-urban-boys?from_search=true&search_version=service" target="_blank">GOODREADS</a></strong></div>
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The Urban Boys: Discovery of the Five Senses is an action-adventure story about five teen boys who are mysteriously exposed to a foreign energy source that gives them extremely heightened senses. Sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell become hypersensitive gifts that forever change the world. The story’s small town of Danville Heights, a carefully crafted universe, contrasts with the dark, gloomy town of Sandry Lake, where evil abounds. Upon the boys’ mysterious incident with the energy source, they’re instinctively called to Sandry Lake to root out evil. Their senses guide them each time. However, secrecy about their mission, furious battles with evil thugs, extreme fatigue, and stress and pressure soon overwhelm the boys, but they must find a way to embrace their fate. A lurking, Dark Stranger seems to know their plight, and a strikingly beautiful, fearless girl lends way to heightened confusion. Shocking details about these two characters, and the evil antagonist, the dreaded Druth, twist and grind the story even further.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"> Despite tension and fierce battles, will the boys hold it together long enough to fulfill their destiny? <br />
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K.N. Smith is an American author and passionate advocate of childhood and family literacy programs throughout the world. She continues to inspire students of all ages to reach their highest potential in their literary and educational pursuits. Her creative, lyrical flair sweeps across pages that twist, turn, and grind through elements of paranormal and action-adventure in diverse, exciting, edge-of-your-seat narratives. K.N. Smith has over twenty years' experience in writing, communications, and creative design. She lives with her family in California.<br />
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<strong>Immurement</strong><br /><strong>Norma Hinkens</strong><br />(The Undergrounders Series, #1)<br />Publication date: December 16th 2015<br />Genres: Post-Apocalyptic, Young Adult<br />
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The earth’s core overheats. The sovereign leader vanishes. A young girl is the survivors’ only hope …<br />
What little land is habitable is patrolled by cutthroat gangs of escaped subversives, but that’s not the greatest threat facing sixteen-year-old Derry Connelly, her brother Owen, and a ragged band of Preppers holed up in a bunker in the Sawtooth Mountains. Mysterious hoverships operated by clones are targeting adolescents for extraction.<br />
Owen, is one of the first to disappear. To save him, Derry must strike a deal with the murderous subversives, and risk a daring raid to infiltrate the heart of the extraction operation.<br />
But will the rookie leader falter when forced to choose between her brother and a clone who ignites something inside her she didn’t know was possible?</blockquote>
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<span style="color: red;">Someone gives a feeble clap. “Magnificent! A most rousing speech to rally the heathens, Mason!”</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">My feet fuse to the floor at the raspy voice that wafts into the room. Tucker strains at his collar. I yank him back, my heart pounding.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">A shrunken man with an unnatural stoop steps into view. My skin crawls with a new level of fear. My gun’s in the Crematauto, along with the rest of the weapons. I fumble around in my pocket and latch onto my switchblade. A trickle of sweat runs down behind my ears. The man standing in the entry looks freakishly old and frail. Tucker could take him down in a heartbeat, but my brain sounds an inner caution. He probably didn’t come alone.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Before I even finish my thought, the doorway darkens and four armed men in black fatigues troop through. Big-shouldered, faces set like flint on necks thick as tree stumps. <em>Schutz Clones!</em> I tighten my grip on Tucker and command him to stay. One false move and he’ll end up another carcass waiting to be incinerated. He minds me, but tension radiates through his collar.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">“Welcome to the Craniopolis,” the old man says. “My apologies for the modest welcoming committee, but your timing is most unfortunate. Everyone is at the unveiling of our new Hovermedes prototype.” His body shakes out a shallow breath, as he shuffles toward me. “Allow me to introduce myself. I am Dr. Lyong.”</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">I slide my gaze in Mason’s direction. His face registers confusion. Then a flicker of recognition.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">“What … happened to you?” he asks, in a half-whisper.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Dr. Lyong jerks to a stop in front of me and lets out a long, trembling sigh. It’s all I can do not to gag. His breath smells of decaying compost.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">“Restructuring DNA proved more complex than I had hoped.” Dr. Lyong runs a finger under his beaked nose and waves it dismissively in Mason’s direction. The skin is stretched so tight over his hand I can see the grape-colored veins forking out beneath it. He barely looks human.</span><br />
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Norma Hinkens grew up among vibrant storytelling traditions in her native Ireland. A Celtic bard at heart, she wields her wordsmithing sword with as much wit and eloquence as a bard can muster. She's a legend-loving author who takes a fiendish delight in pushing reluctant characters over cliffs to find out what they're made of. Epic odds, seemingly impossible missions, pasts that haunt, intrigue and misadventure. She's happiest when wrangling provocative big picture ideas that are never black and white when you turn them inside out. It's all about the tension in the journey. She lived and worked in Germany for several years, and currently resides in California with her husband, three children and Chihuahua extraordinaire. She is the author of The Undergrounders Series, Immurement, Embattlement and Adjudgement, a Young Adult post-apocalyptic, sci-fi adventure trilogy.<br />
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<a href="http://writetodone.com/"><b>Write to Done</b>:</a> For some reason I gave my email to this website a few years ago and ended up receiving frequent messages. Surprisingly, I actually enjoy them. Write to Done has great posts on writing, self-publishing, challenging yourself, and more. Plus, if you subscribe to their newsletter you can get all their helpful tips sent to your email. Probably the only subscription service I haven't blocked.<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.thriftbooks.com/">Thrift Books:</a> </b>If there's one website my readers remember from today, it has to be this one. Thrift Books is friggin' awesome. You can order new, like new, and used books for so much less than retail price. Last week I ordered three books for around $12 (it was actually $11 and some change so I'll just round it up). They came fast and in great condition. Shipping is free for orders over $10. If you ever need to order a quick book for a road trip, maybe one for a gift, Thrift Books is the place. Should I do a full review on the website? *rubs chin*<br />
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<span id="freeText54768312640016658">Every single thing I’ve been taught not to do…I just did.</span><br />
Talk to a stranger? Check<br />
Get in a car with a stranger? Check<br />
Go to a second location? Check<br />
Go into a stranger’s house? Check<br />
Take candy from a stranger? Check<br />
If this is a kidnapping, it’s the kindest one I’ve ever heard of.<br />
I’m living a fat girl fantasy. Snatched from a Weight Watcher meeting by a powdered-donut eating stranger, was by far the most exciting thing that has ever happened to me. Who knew I didn’t need to make appointments or attend meetings to have someone to talk to. A Friend. Two Friends. A dark, intense stranger. Secrets.<br />
Everything I ever wanted, and something’s I didn’t. Not every tasty treat is for eating.<br />
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“Take another bite of that rice that I worked so hard on for you, now.” Husky, but there is no doubt it’s a command, so I do.<br /><br />
He leans his head back, eyes on me, and continues to stroke his long shaft, tip to stem, through his jeans. “More,” he says, his eyes never leaving my mouth. Two more bites go in. I can barely chew around the food. “Faster, keep going, stuff those pink lips, Blue.” I can see just the tip of his tanned man muscle peeking at me above his waistband, leaving a trail of pre-cum on his tight stomach.<br /><br />
I crunch into a taquito dripping with guacamole, and chew. I can’t stop watching his hand. I’ve never seen a guy I want, rub himself off so blatantly. Is that all for me? I chew, trying to swallow, and meet his eyes.<br /><br />
“That’s so fucking sexy, Blue. You don’t know what that does to me, to watch you eat what I’ve made with my own two hands. I want to keep that big tummy of yours full of my food, nourish and satisfy you. That’s my job, baby girl, and I take it seriously.” He stands, opening the fridge, and pulls out a large baking dish. It’s flan, dripping with caramel, and he sits it right on my half-full plate, his hand never leaving his cock.<br /><br />
When I feel like I can speak, I ask, “No spoon?”<br /><br />
He’s so close, I can feel heat radiating from him, and he smells like hot sin. “You won’t need one.”<br /><br />
Leaning into my hair, he takes a deep breath of me, inhaling me in, leaning into me further. I can feel his cock rubbing the outside of my arm, but I want it on my breast.<br /><br />
“Time for dessert, baby girl, <span style="color: red;"><b>AND HERE IT GETS WAYYYY TO INAPPROPRIATE FOR THIS SERIAL READER BUT IF YOU LIKE WHERE IT WAS GOING FEEL FREE TO PURCHASE THE BOOK ;)</b></span></div>
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Angie M Brashears is a lover of everything books. When not writing, she’s reading anything she can get her hands on. She grew up in Southern California, and loves the mountains, hiking with her dogs, the beach, and of course, Disneyland! She loves music, and loves singing along to the radio, loud and off-key, performing for anyone unlucky enough to be in the passenger seat.<br />
Angie loves dark and twisted, which she refers to as Dark Ever After books, but is known to read an occasional HEA story as well. When she’s not writing, she working, saving lives. A busy Trauma ER nurse for over twenty years, she gets enough reality in her life, and is always looking for a story to take her away from the harsh reality of Emergency Nursing.<br />
If there’s football on, she sure to have a huge party going on to cheer her team on…Go Patriots!<br />
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<span style="color: white;">“This is going to be a great Christmas,” Garrett said. He unzipped a suitcase and rummaged through it. “I’m going to be Santa.” He held up a new red Santa suit.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">“I can’t believe we’re going to be parents.” Wonder, passion and tenderness gleamed in his eyes. “You know I’ll be the best dad I can possibly be.” His tone was fierce.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">“I know.” She cupped his cheek. “And I’ll be the best mother I can be.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">“I know.” He kissed her deeply, his love for her shining through the touch of his lips on hers, his tender caresses, and the soft murmur of his voice as he made love to her.</span></div>
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High school senior Lanny Keating has it all. A three-sport athlete at Lauserville High School looking at a college football scholarship, with a supportive family, stellar grades, boy band good looks… until the fateful day when it all falls apart.</div>
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<br />About the Author<br />Mia Kerick is the mother of four exceptional children—all named after saints—and five nonpedigreed cats—all named after the next best thing to saints, Boston Red Sox players. Her husband of twenty years has been told by many that he has the patience of Job, but don’t ask Mia about that, as it is a sensitive subject.<br /><br />Mia focuses her stories on the emotional growth of troubled men and their relationships, and she believes that sex has a place in a love story, but not until it is firmly established as a love story. As a teen, Mia filled spiral-bound notebooks with romantic tales of tortured heroes (most of whom happened to strongly resemble lead vocalists of 1980s big-hair bands) and stuffed them under her mattress for safekeeping. She is thankful to Dreamspinner Press for providing her with an alternate place to stash her stories.<div>
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<strong>Return </strong><br />
<strong>Meli Raine</strong><br />
<span style="color: white;">(Coming Home #1)<br />
Publication date: July 28th 2015 <br />
Genres: New Adult, Romance, Suspense</span><br />
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<span id="freeText3402047781814017307">MY HEART WANTS A KIND OF JUSTICE THE LAW CAN’T GIVE</span><br />
On a dark, rainy night I drove my overstuffed junker car back to a town I never expected to see again.<br />
And when I needed a rescue by the side of the road, a six-foot tall piece of hot, unfinished business named Mark was what the universe sent me.<br />
Three years earlier I’d fled town (and Mark) to follow my wrongly-convicted father to his federal prison, working crappy jobs to stay afloat and visit him every second I could. But now Dad’s dead and I’m mysteriously offered the best job of my life at the college where his life blew up when he was accused of a crime he didn’t commit.<br />
Someone wants me here. Desperately.<br />
I’m hoping it’s Mark.<br />
Because if it’s not, I’m in more danger than I ever imagined.<br />
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Mark may be the most dangerous choice of all.<br />
<em>RETURN is book 1 in the Coming Home romantic suspense trilogy by Meli Raine.</em><br />
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<span style="color: white;">It’s him. Mark. My ex-boyfriend.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">I can’t look. I just…can’t. Too many memories are in that face. That rugged, handsome face. My heart jumps up like an excited puppy, wagging in my chest, eager to be acknowledged and touched. The rest of me shoves it down.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Officer Mark Paulson stands in front of me in uniform, soaking wet, his hat making the rain fall in streaks in front of him. The curtain of water catches my eye. It’s easier to watch it than to stare at him. If I did stare, though, I know what I would see.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Broad shoulders under that crisp black uniform shirt. A thin scar running under his jaw, where he was knifed in a fight when he did a tour in Afghanistan. Wet, blonde hair I used to love to stroke. Gentle hands that once cupped my face. Eyes that could draw me in with a hot breath. The tender taste of lips meant only for me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">He speaks, pulling me out of the memory. Stop it, Carrie, I think. Stop with the dreams you destroyed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">“You okay?” he asks, looking around swiftly. He’s worried. That’s really touching. It’s nice to know he cares. Three years is long enough for him to stop hating me, right?</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">And I know he hates me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">He has to. I disappeared one day and never said goodbye to him. When you do that to someone, they tend to really resent it. Especially if they love you.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">“I’m, uh…” My voice fails me as I watch the water fall in sheets down his cap. “My tire blew.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">He thumps his hand on the car door. “She’s still around, huh?” I know he means the car, but it feels like a dig. Like he’s cutting into me for leaving.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Like he’s still hurt.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">If he’s still hurt, that means the feelings haven’t faded, and if his feelings are still that strong, then mine make more sense. I thought when I left town I would shed so much damage and hurt. Because leaving town meant I could leave behind so much pain.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">But leaving Mark? That meant the pain came with me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">I start to shiver. It’s not from the cold and the rain. Those arms. The rain drops gather and ripple down his taut muscles, dotted with a sprinkling of dark hair. I remember when I was in those arms.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">I remember every single time he touched me.</span></div>
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Meli Raine writes romantic suspense with hot bikers, intense undercover DEA agents, bad boys turned good, and Special Ops heroes -- and the women who love them. <br />
Meli rode her first motorcycle when she was five years old, but she played in the ocean long before that. She lives in New England with her family. <br />
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<strong>Lakeshia Poole</strong><br />
Publication date: November 24th 2015<br />
Genres: New Adult, Romance<br />
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<span id="freeText914446758007182800" style="color: white;">For some the game of love and college seems rigged. After a few tough losses they resort to doing things they thought they would never do to turn their challenges into championships…</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">Ciara and Xander each came to Aurbor Grove University with the perfect game plan. She would score another chance at finally living up to her college dreams and the high academic expectations set by her mother. He would become the star quarterback and hometown hero he was groomed to be. Yet they find themselves entangled in drama—from the exes who refuse to live without them to the financial struggles that make it seem like college is meant only for the elite to win.</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">Their friendship has a rocky start, but as the semester passes along they find that their most peaceful moments are spent with each other. Will the pains of the past and pressure on the fields of love and learning squash all hope for their future?</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">Exes and O’s is Lakeshia Poole’s drama-filled, romantic sequel to Don’t Let Me Fall.</span></blockquote>
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Aurbor Grove University didn’t feel like just a place. Not anymore. It was a living part of Ciara Capers. Like a phantom limb, she felt remnants of her life from before dangling, but not really there.</div>
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Families carting luggage, mini refrigerators, and large containers whizzed by her. Housing assistants offered bottled water and waved directional signs pointing the herd to the appropriate check-in lines. AGU’s village of residence halls towered over everyone. The flurry of move-in day activity made Ciara feel so small, like a period in a sweeping, 100,000-word epic novel.</div>
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Her eyes darted away from her old dorm, Caldwell Hall. It glowered at her anyway, demanding she acknowledge its presence and her past.</div>
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The line for MacDonald Hall spilled from the front desk all the way outside, curving around the gushing fountain in the center of the Village courtyard.</div>
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Ciara loosened her grip on the duffle bag stretched to the seams.</div>
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“You’re not getting tired on me already, are ya?” Nick asked, stopping at her side.</div>
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“Not yet.” The edge of her lips curved up into a half smile.</div>
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He craned his neck, peering over the line slowly edging forward. A black AGU baseball cap shaded him from the South Georgia sun beating down on them. Still the dense heat reddened his cheeks and created dark gray splotches on his t-shirt.</div>
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“I don’t have much,” she said, shrugging her shoulders.</div>
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“If we ever get your keys, it shouldn’t take too long to unload everything.” He pulled a bottle of water from his khaki cargo shorts and handed it to Ciara.</div>
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She took a sip, leaning into him. “I know. I’m just—”</div>
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“Having second thoughts?”</div>
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“No, I’m glad to be back.”</div>
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The lie rolled off her tongue smooth and easy, because Ciara had practiced. She’d repeated it to family members, friends, and even herself with the high pitch of fake excitement.</div>
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When she decided to return to AGU after a yearlong absence, so many thoughts of what could go wrong raced through her mind.</div>
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What if my ex comes back too? What if the classes are too hard? What if everyone still blames me for what happened to Tala?</div>
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Ciara kept last summer’s pain and unspoken secrets tucked away, but ever so often regret popped up, tapped her on the shoulder, and whispered in her ear: ‘You do not deserve this.’</div>
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She brushed that voice and the perspiration turning her bangs into a crinkly mess to the side. She shaded her eyes with one hand and looked up at her new home: MacDonald Hall or the Mac as many lazily, coolly called it.</div>
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The Mac offered a long list of amenities like free yoga classes, private bathrooms, and walk-in closets, which made it sound more like a resort than the typical dormitory. A breezeway bearing AGU’s iconic, cursive A connected two 12-floor towers of curfew-free, coed living. Trees lined the sidewalk, their leaves and branches forming an arc over the sliding door entrance.</div>
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Ciara felt an urge to fix the maroon and white ‘Welcome to Move-In Day!’ banner hanging crookedly, but turned to Nick instead.</div>
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“Thanks for being here with me today.”</div>
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“No problem. You’ve gotta promise me you’re not quitting again.” The lightheartedness of Nick’s joke didn’t dull the sting of his words about her being a quitter.</div>
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With every mishap, Ciara wondered if the universe wanted her to quit again. A pre-dawn text message from her sick father left her scrambling to find help. Then an accident on I-75 turned her ride from Atlanta into a five-hour, stop-and-go nightmare. And now she stood in a line that didn’t seem to move.</div>
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She closed her eyes, willing the negativity away.</div>
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Today’s a perfect day to begin again.</div>
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While antsy, red-faced students and families rushed for the doors, Ciara took in the special moment marking her second chance.</div>
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She breathed in the hot, magnolia-scented air, held on until she couldn’t stand it anymore and let go.</div>
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I’m ready.</div>
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<span style="color: white;">Lakeshia Poole is an award-winning public relations professional and author. Whether it’s landing a feature in The New York Times, developing a YouTube short or creating a series of blog posts, she believes in telling positive and compelling stories. Poole graduated from the University of Georgia with dual degrees in public relations and sociology. When she’s not writing, she spends her time with family and her dog JoJo Dancer.</span><br />
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Hello all Serial Readers! Today I'd like to introduce you to author James Stoddah. You may know him from his two published works: Ring Of Conscience and A Parallel Trust. A Parallel Trust came out just this summer and is currently available on<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25677994-a-parallel-trust" target="_blank"> Amazon. </a></div>
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<span style="color: white;">I recently read a fascinating review for my first novel Ring of Conscience. The book is partly set in Las Vegas and the reviewer enjoyed the descriptions of the city and mentioned it was wonderful to revisit the ‘Old Vegas’.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Old Vegas. My last visit was in 2007. I had written scenes in the book based on my memories of the city. How much could it change in eight years?</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">I took to Google Maps and had a virtual walk along The Strip. There were indeed significant changes. Three new hotel complexes had been built, altering the skyline of the city. There were new walkways, new road bridges and a huge shopping centre. In fact, the changes were so vast that my book’s chase scene could no longer happen the way I described it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Eight years.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">It’s hard to imagine how much a place can change in our absence. You notice changes slower in your hometown and in eight years, the alterations can slip by unnoticed. In my hometown of Blackpool, England our promenade has been modernised with art structures and sea defences, the town centre has been redeveloped, two huge glass structures have been built, including a supermarket. The changes in Blackpool, to somebody who hasn’t visited in eight years, are more substantial than Las Vegas. To me, it was endless roadworks, diversions and much stress. I can only snapshot these changes in retrospect.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">I’ve always enjoyed reading about real places in fiction. One of the earliest books I remember reading was The Runaways by Victor Canning, which was set in Warminster in Wiltshire. When I was seventeen, my mother took me and my younger sister on a road-trip for a week and we stopped in the town and searched for the areas featured in the book. It was different to the Warminster I had created in my mind when reading the book, yet strangely nostalgic.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Perhaps, using real places in fiction creates a timeless diary. Salinger’s New York in The Catcher in the Rye is vastly different to Scarrow’s Timeriders. Indeed, fiction can go as far as to create towns – or paper towns in the case of John Green. Literary photographs, developed in our imagination.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Next week, I return to Las Vegas with all this in mind, to give a speech about the book. It will be a new page in a diary yet to write.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">James Stoddah is a UK novelist and Huffington Post blogger. He has written two contemporary treasure hunt mysteries, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ring of Conscience </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> A Parallel Trust,</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and created the Melodema online treasure hunt. </span></div>
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Laura Reed feels safe and happy in Cape Christian, a little jewel of Victorian architecture and quiet streets on New Jersey's southern tip. The children's books she writes are earning her modest fame; her husband Jimmy's art gallery is flourishing; and Cape Christian is the right kind of small town in which to raise their little boy, Michael. She never dreams that this New Year's Eve her nearly perfect life will end. That a man in a ski mask will break into her house, knock her out, and shoot her husband dead. That it will be nearly one hour before she revives and calls 911. That those missing minutes before her call will convince the police that she committed the crime. Although there is too little evidence to arrest her, Laura feels the eyes of the entire community - including her in-laws' - accusing her. Even her lawyer, Jimmy's business partner, doesn't seem to believe her. Her only ally is Gary, a young wheelchair-bound painter. His faithful devotion and the bouquets he sends brighten Laura's days. Then Ian Turner docks his sailboat in Cape Christian, and a chance meeting brings him into Laura's life. His marriage, too, has ended in tragedy, and he not only believes Laura, but falls in love with her. For the first time since Jimmy's murder, Laura dares to feel alive. Until she begins to sense that danger is near.</div>
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<span style="color: white;">Laura makes some questionable decisions throughout the novel which lead you to question her just as you would if you were following her case in real life. The author definitely throws some curve balls, some of which are better done than others but overall add to the suspense and thrill of the novel. I can't say this is a completely unpredictable mystery, especially since I'm not too experienced in the mystery department myself but I will say with pride that I was at the edge of my seat during some parts. Like I said before, the author does an excellent job of emotionally connecting you to the character so you're just as concerned about her future as she is. This might not be a classic as far as mysteries go but it is definitely worth the read. </span><br />
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